Pen-rack.



I PATBNTED MAY 8, 1906.

D. CAMPBELL.

PEN RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15,1905.

Inventor,

Attorneys jam'ezw ez ERS. WASHINGTON. I:v z:v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 8, 1906.

Application filed June l5 1905. erial No. 265,890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL CAMPBELL, a subject of the King of England, residing at Fairville, St. John county, Province of New Brunswick, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen-Racks,- and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tov make and use the same.

My invention relates to pen-racks.

The object of my invention is to provide an easily and simply constructed pen-rack which may be formed from a single piece of material.

A further object of my invention is to pro- I vide such a pen-rack with means whereby it may be easily secured to and detached from an ink-receptacle, such as those in which ink is dispensed in retail stores and such as are in common use; and my invention consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as herein illustrated, described,

and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, I have illustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawings similar reference characters designate corresponding parts, and in which Figure 1 is a horizontal section taken on line m :20 of Fig. 2, showing the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my invention, showing its application to a common form of ink-receptacle and Fig. 3 is a perspective of my invention. 7

Referring the drawin s, 4 designates the main body portion of t e pen-rack of my invention, preferably formed from a flexible material, such as spring-Wire. This main body portion is bent at both ends, as at 5, 6, and 7, to form a V-shaped trough adapted for holding a pen B, as shown in Fig. 1. From the points 7 the material from which the rack is formed is bent so as to form the arms 8 and 9, which are approximately parallel to each other and to the main body portion 4. The arm 8 is bent around the arm 9, as at 10, and .the arm 9 is looped around the arm 8, as at 11, so that the arms are slidable on each other. From the points 10 and 11 the arms 8 and 9 are formed with extensions 12 and 13, respectively, which are bowed slightly, as shown, and terminate in bent ends 14.

In the application of my invention it may be applied to the neck of a round receptacle, such as A, beneath the annular flange a, usually formed on such bottles. The flexibility of the extensions 12 and 13 readily permits this. Where the receptacle is square or has two parallel sides and is of a greater dimension than the normal distance between the arms or extensions 12 and 13, pressure may be applied at the points 7, whereby the extensions 12 and 13 can be sprung apart and inserted over the ink-receptacle, and upon the pressure being released the extensions 12 and 13 will be caused to spring back by the flexibility of the material between the points 5 and 7, and the device willbe firmly held in place by the tension exerted by this portion of the device, as well as the flexibility of the extensions 12 and 13. The bent ends 14 readily permit the extensions 12 and 13 being slipped over an ink-receptacle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A pen-rack comprising a main body portion having V-shaped bent portions at each end of said body portion and having parallel arms thereon slidably interlocked by bending said arms around each other, and having said arms provided with bowed extensions.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

.E. H. MoALPIN,

LOTTIE H.'Donen. 

